All of the Surprise Performances at Coachella This Weekend

It may be a major hub for fashion, food, celebrity sightings and picture-perfect Instagram settings, but let's not forget—Coachella is about the music.

This year's lineup was already impressive enough, with LCD Soundsystem, Guns N' Roses and Calvin Harris taking up the top headlining slots and additional artists like Sia, Elie Goulding and Ice Cube taking up merely a fragment of the full list.

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The festival would've still been great with its standalone program, but the unannounced guests really took things to the next level. See who performed by surprise during both of Coachella's weekends.

Weekend 2:

Kendrick Lamar

Ice Cube invited fellow Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar on his stage for an explosive cameo, which included a joint performance of "Alright."

The next day, he joined Anderson .Paak during his set for an equally thrilling performance, this time with "Back Street Freestyle."

The R&B songstress appeared on stage with Gallant, and performed a duet tribute to Prince with "Diamonds and Pearls." According to Billboard, they didn't have any time to practice - but it certainly doesn't sound like it.

Calvin Harris, who brought Rihanna and Big Sean last week, didn't shy away from bringing on guests during the second round. He had Sean come out for "Open Wide" and John Newman for "Blame."

Travis Barker

The Blink-182 drummer joined Run the Jewels on stage and showed off a killer percussion solo. DJ Shadow, Boots (a frequent Beyoncé collaborator) and Rage Against the Machine's Zack de la Rocha also stopped by RTJ's set.

The rapper also stopped by the Jack Ü set, helmed by Diplo and Skrillex. West's appearance was literally just that—he stood on the stage and for a moment as his song "Power" blasted from the speakers behind him before running off.

Rihanna

Reportedly the first DJ to headline at Coachella, Calvin Harris closed the festival's first weekend with Bad Gal Riri on their hit collab "We Found Love." The singer made the audience turn heads, literally, when she appeared on a separate stage. Harris' gf Taylor Swift was a fan of the stunt.

The singer joined Zedd during his set to perform their collaboration of "True Colors." Her guest appearance was a surprise, but she had already been hinting at it with a series of cryptic posts on Instagram. In the wake of her legal battle with Sony and Dr. Luke, her rendition of "True Colors" (whose chorus sings: "No I won't apologize for the fire in my eyes / Let me show you my, my true colors") was all the more chilling.

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Lorde

Disclosure's repertoire is heavy on the artist collaborations, so it only made sense for the electro duo to invite a slew of unexpected artists to the stage. One of them was Lorde, who performed "Magnets" off the group's latest album Caracal.

The Brit crooner has often joined forces with the Disclosure—perhaps most notably on his breakout single "Latch," which he performed for the Coachella crowd on Saturday night. He also belted out "Omen," their more recent song together.

In the aftermath of Straight Outta Compton's blockbuster summer and the announcement of the N.W.A.'s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ice Cube's name in the Coachella lineup seemed suspicious from the start. Surely enough, he brought out DJ Yella and MC Ren to perform "Straight Outta Compton" and "F*ck Tha Police."

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Common

The Oscar-winning rapper stopped by Ice Cube's set as well, for a performance of "Real People." The two both star in The Barbershop: The Next Cut together, so naturally, clips from the movie were screened in the background.

Legendary guitarist and songwriter Angus Young joined in on Guns N' Roses' set for thrilling yet nostalgic renditions of "Riff Raff" and "Whole Lotta Roise," which are early AC/DC favorites. The performance took place hours after it was announced that Axl Rose, GNR's lead singer, would be serving as AC/DC's new frontman for the rest of their tour.

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T.I.

The rapper stopped by up-and-comer Anderson .Paak and the Free National's first Coachella set on Sunday. He provided a new verse on .Paak's funk hit "Come Down" and went on to do "All About the Money" and "Bring Em Out."

Panic! At the Disco's Brendon Urie

Though Halsey and Brendon don't have any songs together, this impromptu duet proves that they should. After some rich harmonies on Halsey's "New Americana" the performance turned into a mashup as the two immediately went on to sing Panic's "I Write Sins Not Tragedies." As the footage shows, the crowd lost their minds.

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MØ and DJ Snake

She made her rounds at last year's festivals when her summer smash "Lean On" was just starting to explode, but that didn't stop MØ from reprising the performances again this year. The Danish singer sang the hit onstage during Major Lazer's set along with DJ Snake, another collaborator on the song.

Jillian Hervey of soul duo Lion Babe made an appearance at Disclosure's set to give a lively performance of "Hourglass," a track on Caracal that she provides vocals for. She put a glam spin on festival attire, with a sequined dress and feather boa.

The eclectic R&B singer joined forces with Grimes for "Venus Fly," off the latter's Art Angels album which released in November. As if their performance didn't exude enough girl power (which it did), Monae also donned a shirt that read, "Wild Feminist."

The iconic rapper made a surprise performance of "Made You Look" alongside Run the Jewels on Saturday. Other cameos to RTJ's set included DJ Shadow, Gary Clark Jr., Gangsta Boo, and surprisingly, Senator Bernie Sanders, who introduced the rap duo.

On Saturday night, EDM artist ZHU closed his set with an unexpected appearance by hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The combined performers closed out with "Hold Up, Wait a Minute."

Ja Rule

Norweigan producer Matoma also treated his audience to a couple cameos. First was Ja Rule, who took on "Always On Time," his throwback hit with Ashanti (who sadly wasn't there). Sean Paul followed him with a new track named "Paradise."

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